Overview

Daphne's Dive is a cheap corner bar in North Philly where Daphne and her vibrant, eclectic regulars drink to art, politics, and life. As Daphne's adopted daughter, very different from her reserved and pragmatic mother, grows up, this unconventional family is forced to confront who's an insider, who's an outsider, and the challenge of opening your heart to strangers. Brimming with adversity, love and hope, this world premiere, directed by Thomas Kail (Hamilton), kicks off Quiara Alegría Hudes’ Signature residency.

Quiara Alegría Hudes

Quiara Alergría Hudes received the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her playWater by the Spoonful. Previously, her play Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue was a Pulitzer Finalist, and her most recent work, The Happiest Song Plays Last premiered at The Goodman Theatre and then in New York at Second Stage. Hudes wrote the book to the Broadway musical In the Heights, which premiered Off-Broadway and earned the Lucille Lortel Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical. In the Heights transferred to Broadway where it received the Tony Award for Best Musical, a Tony nomination for Best Book of a Musical and was named a Pulitzer Finalist. Hudes wrote the book and lyrics for a children’s musical, Barrio Grrrl!, which premiered at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and toured nationally. After graduating from public school, she received her B.A. in music composition from Yale and an M.F.A. in playwriting from Brown, where she studied with Paula Vogel. She lives in New York with her husband and daughter, and is a resident playwright at Signature Theatre. She is the Shapiro Distinguished Professor of Writing and Theater at Wesleyan University.

Cast

Vanessa Aspillaga

Carlos Gomez

K.K. Moggie

Daphne Rubin-Vega

Matt Saldivar

Gordon Joseph Weiss

Samira Wiley

Creative

Scenic Design

Donyale Werle

Costume Design

Toni-Leslie James

Lighting Design

Betsy Adams

Sound Design

Nevin Steinberg

Music

Michel Camilo

Production Stage Manager

Lori Ann Zepp

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